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  1. Han Joelo
    Is that the poison pill in the interview process? "You can't actually fire Molitor, Jason, so obviously this is purely hypothetical. If you could fire Molitor, how lo--" "Immediately, if not sooner. In fact, I would start a new department just to develop a time machine so I could go back and fire him even sooner. Hypothetically. So, do I get the job?"
  2. Han Joelo
    Credit for drafting him and credit for signing him to an extension. I'm not sure 'nobody' thought he was a 40+ HR hitter, though. I don't have that information. I can imagine the scout who signed him might have thought, "this kid has the intangibles to be a successful Major League ballplayer." When pressed, and asked if the scout thought Dozier might ever hit 40 home runs in a season, the scout might have said, "Not a snowball's chance in hell." That, then would indicate blind luck. If, on the other hand, the scout said, "sure. He's got a 1 in a million chance. Unlikely, but he could do it." That would indicate good luck. If the 15th pick in the draft develops into a mediocre starter, that would indicate average luck. If the 2nd pick in the draft is a bust, that would indicate bad luck. Luckily, no one has hired me to be their statistician.
  3. Han Joelo
    As the great Jack Handey said: "If a child gets an answer right on a test, I think you should tell them it was a lucky guess. That way, they develop a good, "lucky" feeling about themselves."
  4. Han Joelo
    Dangit. There you were using numbers to type your response at exactly the same time I was pulling mine out my arse.
  5. Han Joelo
    I agree with Brock. If anything, the ability to adapt and improve that Dozier has shown this season makes me even more confident that he will continue to be highly productive at the plate. He's not following a typical career arc of getting by on talent and then seeing his production decline as he ages past his peak athletic years. Which isn't to say he won't decline, or even that this isn't his "career" year. Career year in this context is used negatively too often, indicating a performance is some kind of statistically unlikely anomaly that a player will be able to rest on for the remainder of their days as some kind of testament to their true ability, even if never repeated. This might be a spike on the graph, or it may be the high point of a gently curving arc.
  6. Han Joelo
    Good article, other than the predictable and unnecessary shot at Terry Ryan. The question I would ask, is what would Josh Donaldson have brought in a trade after last season? That to me would be more analogous to Dozier's current situation. Dozier right now isn't a "second baseman with pop," he is simply one of the most dangerous hitters in all of baseball, regardless of position.
  7. Han Joelo
    Rosario feels like he is a character in a story about a team that rises from the ashes to win a championship: "and in left field was hotheaded Eddie Rosario. He'd make you scratch your head in wonderment--both at his jaw dropping boldness and at his boneheaded hubris. He was the one at the plate with two outs in game seven of the series. Knowing his proclivity to swing 'like a drunken lumberjack' at anything within arms length of the plate--Manute Bols' arms, that is--the Cubs closer Chapman launched a 104 mph Scud Missile towards the brim of Rosario's cap. The rest, is history."
  8. Han Joelo
    Is that the same thing they tried to do with Gomez? I feel like maybe he went to Rochester and just stopped giving a s*%#. Don't think meat, you'll only hurt the team. I love watching Buxton fly, but watching him jog is better. Save that energy for the outfield.
  9. Han Joelo
    Good luck to him. Sure, I guess I wonder what "really" happened, in a gossipy sort of way. My impression of him, perhaps wrong, was that he was a real good kid. Things went sour for him here. He's not the only one. Man, pitching prospects. In an apples to cucumbers comparison, Zack Wheeler is on the shelf for the rest of the year. I bolded, italicized, and underlined cucumbers there just to emphasize I realize how different the two situations really are. They are both fruits, however.
  10. Han Joelo
    Did I miss what is going on with Kiriloff?
  11. Han Joelo
    Excellent rundown. These guys all deserve to be noticed. I first noticed Del Rosario for the name, but now I watch for the performance. Lachlan Wells pitched a gem tonight--does he fit this category as well?
  12. Han Joelo
    If this is evidence of TSF, then many people (at least me; I'll own it) on this board are part of that System. Which is bad. Even the armchair GM's are wrong, which is almost unheard of. As I scrolled through the box score, I thought I was going to see a complete game shutout…by Meyer. Now THAT will be a real kick in the nuts when it happens, and I expect it will a sooner of later., only because this season has been THAT bad. Nolasco pitching a gem every once in a while seemed to be Ricky's M.O., at least to this disinterested bystander.
  13. Han Joelo
    What a line for Berrios. I'm tempted to say so much more about a lot of things regarding the disconnect between his AAA performance and MLB stats, but I won't. He's still a great, and young, prospect, with a bright future on the next version of the Twins team.
  14. Han Joelo
    I'm not going to debate whether I originally agreed with these original moves anymore. Bad planning, bad luck, whatever. The jury is in. I normally scoff when a fan site's users say stuff like this, but "READ This Twins GM candidates!"
  15. Han Joelo
    I appreciate the mostly good news from the minor league affiliates tonight. Great all around night. While I try to be appreciative for any player who wins the player of the day, it is always nice to see a couple of top prospects (I'm going to give Buxton a mulligan and throw him back in that basket) with sterling performances.
  16. Han Joelo
    Maybe it is time to start getting hysterical about Santana and Grossman playing ahead of Palka and Walker.
  17. Han Joelo
    Nice to see he's getting noticed. Would love it if he is the real deal. Romero I meant, but Gonsalves too.
  18. Han Joelo
    I wouldn't argue they are a way off from contending, but as they currently stand, and have played for the last couple of months, are they truly one of the five worst? Maybe they are, but that is due to pitching. I have no solutions for that, other than to be exactly right on finding the next Rich Hill, Jake Arrieta, and trading Brian Dozier for Michael Fullmer and not Zach Wheeler or (fill in the blank with injured or ineffective young pitcher.)
  19. Han Joelo
    When the new GM starts interviewing his underlings, I suspect this situation is going to require some explaining. Starting with Molitor, of course, but including Quade and Steil. Shoot, was this a case where someone like Tom Kelly harumphed and said "he's not a shortstop" and the case was closed? Ever since he made his somewhat surprising debut (might have been a roster crunch) I've had high expectations. Maybe after a half-season of Nunez at SS, the Twins have reevaluated how they look at the position.
  20. Han Joelo
    I would. I wish he was playing more, and was frustrated he sat after hitting two homeruns the other day. But, I think Molitor is attempting to juggle a lot of pieces as best as he can. At any rate, if I was Vargas, I would be filing a grievance or doing something in order to not play overseas at this point. He may not have any huge trade value, but he could play everyday for SOMEBODY. Or at least get a chance to.
  21. Han Joelo
    I like the jigsaw. This team struggled early on from too many people trying to be the whole picture, rather than just a piece, and were over-exposed as a result. I don't know if I'd mess with the chemistry this offense has built, other than at catcher. Come on, let Garver be viable! I think a veteran CF might be a must. Keep the pressure off of Buxton, keep Santana and Grossman from being overused. Best case scenario, Buxton forces his way onto the team, and said CF becomes a trade chip. How to fix the pitching...no idea. I'd sooner gamble on Rich Hill types than any other options. I feel burnt by the Span trade. Even if it was hypothetically possible to get a Teheran, I'm not sure I give up Dozier for one pitcher.
  22. Han Joelo
    I thought this thread was about astronomy, but someone changed the title. Anyway, What If the Twins were in contention? Would you be tempted to at least take a peek, if say your fourth and fifth starters really stunk?
  23. Han Joelo
    Oh, and Meija for sure this year.
  24. Han Joelo
    A few of those guys don't sound all that different from Gonsalves. He seems to have some mental toughness. Anyway, from this armchair, especially given the lack of options, I'd probably give at least Gonsalves a crack this September, and maybe Jorge. I'd have told them by now, too, to see if they crack under the pressure. If they flop, crack for everyone.
  25. Han Joelo
    Re: Jay His pitch counts were usually at the 90 mark from what I saw, so his innings totals weren't necessarily the result of getting shelled and pulled early, but rather due to inefficiency. That's still not ideal, but it does frame the story differently. Or, as is often the case, I have my "facts" wrong. Watching the Cardinals debut a couple of 21-22 year old pitchers last week got me wondering--are our guys just not as good, different development philosophy, lack of contention, or all of the above?
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